章 179: Recruiting Yamato

By the time Jiraya woke up, it was already the evening of the next day.

He had just opened his eyes when he heard a surprised voice, "Great! Jiraya-san is awake! Quickly go and report to the Hokage!"

"Yes, I'll go now!"

Then, there was the sound of rushing.

Hearing this sound, Jiraya was stunned for a moment, then blinked.

"I'm not dead yet?"

"Yes!" As soon as Jiraya finished speaking, the medical ninja beside him nodded.

"Jiraya-san was injured by a meteorite and sent to Konoha's hospital. It's fine now!"

Injured by a meteorite?

Hearing this, Jiraya was stunned, "Who told you that I was injured by a meteorite?"

"It's Ryunosuke!"

Jiraya: "... "

F*ck, how he could think of such an excuse!

However, compared to saying that he was beaten half to death by a child, being injured by a meteorite was much more respectable, so he could only nod and sigh.

"Ah... yes, that was a really powerful meteorite..."

As soon as Jiraya finished speaking, a familiar voice came from outside the door, "Uncle Toad, I'm here to see you!"

Hearing this voice, Jiraya looked out the door and saw Zhang Miao walking in with a bouquet of flowers in his left hand and a fruit basket in his right hand.

After entering, Zhang Miao put the bouquet and fruit basket on the table next to the bed and then raised his chin at Jiraya.

"Uncle Toad, how does it feel to be alive?"

Jiraya: "... "

"Damn, are you here to comfort me or to anger me?"

Thinking of this, Jiraya couldn't help but twitch his mouth twice, then waved his hand at the medical ninja.

Seeing his action, the medical ninja immediately nodded, then turned and left. After leaving, he closed the door.

At this time, Jiraya looked at Zhang Miao again with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Is your mother... okay?"

Hearing Jiraya's words, Zhang Miao knew what he was thinking, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

Zhang Miao had always adopted an indifferent attitude. This time, it was the same.

After hearing his words, Jiraya nodded with a complicated look on his face.

"Alright, I understand. I won't ask this question anymore. After all, I don't have any right to ask such a question, hehe..."

Although Jiraya looked like he was laughing, the bitterness in his laughter made Zhang Miao frown. After hesitating for a moment, he opened his mouth again.

"Tsunade is still the same, often gambling money and losing them. People give her the nickname 'Legendary Sucker'. If you go to her now, she would use you to repay the debt."

"Legendary Sucker? Hahahaha... ugh!"

Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Jiraya laughed out loud, accidentally hurting his wound and grimacing in pain, but from the expression on his face, it could be seen that he was really happy.

It was unknown whether he was laughing because of Tsunade's weird nickname, or because he knew that Tsunade was doing well, or both.

Looking at his happy appearance, Zhang Miao also revealed a smile.

"Take a good rest. I'll come to see you tomorrow. Alright, I'm leaving!" After saying that, Zhang Miao waved at Jiraya and left his ward.

The moment Zhang Miao walked out of the ward, the system notification rang out.

"[Ding! - Congratulations to the host for gaining Jiraya's favor!]"

"[Obtained 7-star Kage-level, Jiraiya Ninja Fragment x10!]"

Hearing this notification, Zhang Miao's mouth suddenly revealed a smile.

"He really is a good person."

Zhang Miao felt that if there was a chance in the future, he might be able to match Tsunade and Jiraya, but that was a matter for another day. It was more important to collect the ninja fragments now.

After coming out of Konoha's hospital, Zhang Miao immediately went to Root's underground base and began to learn Wood Release Ninjutsu from Yamato.

Of course, although it was called learning, in fact, Yamato was desperately demonstrating Wood Release Ninjutsu, while Zhang Miao was holding his hands and enjoying it.

When Yamato began to pant, the system's notification rang in Zhang Miao's mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 6-star Elite Jonin, Yamato Ninja Fragments x10! ]

When this notification rang out, Zhang Miao waved his hand at Yamato. "Alright, that's all for today. I'm going back!"

"Uh..." Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Yamato immediately blinked his eyes. "About that... Ryunosuke-sama, don't you want to give it a try?"

"No need!" As soon as Yamato finished speaking, Zhang Miao immediately shook his head. "I will naturally learn it when I need to learn it. Alright, you should go back and eat too!"

After saying that, Zhang Miao turned around and left, leaving Yamato standing in the same place in a daze.

"You will naturally learn it when you need to learn it? Is that even possible?"

If it was an ordinary teacher, then in a few days, this teacher would definitely lose his motivation, but Yamato was different.

Although he could not understand what Zhang Miao was doing, the years he spent as a member of the Root made him determined to complete every task that Danzo had given him.

As long as Zhang Miao came, he would seriously release every Wood Release ninjutsu. Only when Zhang Miao said to stop would he choose to stop.

Day after day, month after month.

Yamato recognized his true attitude, which also made the process of collecting the ninja fragments very smooth. Originally, it would take at least three months to gather enough fragments, but it only took 80 days.

On the night after collecting enough of Yamato's fragments, Zhang Miao could not wait to start recruiting in his room.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

When Zhang Miao's Summoning Jutsu finished, a burst of white smoke suddenly rose in the room. When the white smoke dissipated, the youthful Yamato appeared in front of Zhang Miao and knelt down on one knee.

"Master, the Wood Release Ninja Yamato answered your call and is willing to give up all his loyalty and life!"

Just as his voice fell, the system notification rang out in Zhang Miao's mind.

"[Ding! Congratulations to the host for recruiting a 6-star Elite Jonin, Yamato, and obtaining his chakra reserve. Because Yamato belongs to the construction-specialized ninja, the host has gained a specialty - Building Knowledge.]"

When this notification rang out, Zhang Miao's brain suddenly had a lot more knowledge of building houses, making him somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Damn it, it seems that Yamato is indeed an expert in building houses. Recruiting him is the right choice. System, help me open up his specialties!"

"Yes, the system will now open the specialty list of Yamato for the host!"

Following the system notification sound, Yamato's specialty list immediately appeared in front of Zhang Miao.

[Option 1:]

[Bloodline Limit - Wood Release: A special nature transformation that combines water and earth chakra nature transformation. Has the power to tear the earth!]

[Note: It comes from Hashirama's cells, but because it lacks the genes and blood of the Senju clan, its power is only 20% of Hashirama's true power.]

[Option 2:]

[Tenacious Life Force: The rate of surviving Hashirama's cell transplantation surgery is greatly increased.]

[Note: I was born for the Wood Release! ]

[Option 3:]

[Dead Stare: Gaze at others with your dead eyes. ]

[Note: Stare...... ]

After reading these three options, Zhang Miao couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"The First Hokage's Bloodline Limit is really amazing! With only 20% of its true power, it is able to elevate Yamato to the 6-star Elite Jonin level! What else is there to talk about, this is the one I choose!"